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''Cavalcade of Stars'' - 2 September 1950, 19 August 1950

Publication date: 1950

Topics: Cavalcade of Stars, Jackie Gleason, 1950s, 50s, Fifties, DuMont Network, DuMont Television Network, Bad Picture Quality, Crappy Picture Quality, My Eyes are Bleeding, Variety Series, Variety Show, Old, Smith & Dale, June Taylor Dancers,

The surviving footage from two episodes of DuMont's variety series "Cavalcade of Stars" starring Jackie Gleason. To my knowledge, neither episode survives complete. Please forgive the very poor picture quality. Guest include: vaudeville duo Smith & Dale, singer Gracie Barrie, singer Donald Richards, pianist Victor Borge, and Frances Langford. Gleason barely appears in the surviving footage. The picture quality from a worn-out tape is so horrible that your eyes will bleed and you will want your eyes to be gouged out by Uchiha Itachi. You have been warned.